![]() ![]() She had not wanted a little girl at all, and when Mary was born she handed her over to the care of an ayah, who was made to understand that if she wished to please the memsahib she must keep the child out of sight as much as possible. Her father had held a position under the English Government and had always been busy and ill himself, and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with cheerful people. Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair, and a sour expression. When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. Chapter 1: There Is No One Left 1 There Is No One Left ![]()
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